TKAVEL, ADVENTUEE, AND 

 SPOET. 



FROM 'BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE.' 



THE 



DISCOVERY OF THE VICTORIA N'YANZA. 



BY CAPTAIN SPEKE. 

 [MAG A. OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 1859.] 



A 



I" BEGAlfl the formation of the new caravan for ex- 

 J-M ploring Northern Unyamuezi immediately after 

 ourarrival at Unyanyembe, but found it difficult to 

 do things hurriedly. There was only one man then 

 at Unyanyembe" who knew the Sowahili language, 

 and would consent to act as my kirangozi ; l and as 

 he had come all the way from Ujiji with us, he re- 

 quired a few days to arrange things at his home, in 

 a village some distance off. "Whilst he was absent 



1 Kirangozi leader of a caravan. 

 VOL. I. 



